Aleksandrs Samoilovs

Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Personal information
Full name	Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Nickname	The Lion King
Born	April 6, 1985 (1985-04-06) Riga, Latvia
Hometown	Riga, Latvia
Height	195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	94 kg (210 lb)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Years Teammate Tours (points) - 2004, 2008 - Present Ruslans Sorokins 3 (48)
Previous teammates
Years Teammate Tours (points) 2004 - 2008 Mārtiņš Pļaviņš 35 (2210)

Aleksandrs Samoilovs (born April 6, 1985 in Riga) is a beach volleyball player from Latvia.

Samoilovs and team mate Mārtiņš Pļaviņš, with whom he partnered since 2004, represented Latvia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The duo defeated the number 2 seed, Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers, in their first round game, in what announcers called "the biggest upset in Olympic beach volleyball history." The Latvian team won its preliminary round group and in round of 16 lost to Austrian team Florian Gosch and Alexander Horst.

After the Olympics Samoilovs and Pļaviņš stopped playing together. He now again is partnering with Ruslans Sorokins with whom he partnered before 2004.

Best achievements

• 1st place U-21 World championship
• 1st place U-23 European championship
• 1st place U-20 European championship
• two times Latvian champion
• 5th place World tour in Italy in 2007
• 5th place World tour in Spain in 2008
• 9th place Olympic Games 2008

External links

• Profile at the Beach Volleyball Database